The ratings below are household ratings from the 56 television markets with local Nielsen meters for Saturday February 28 and Sunday March 1, 2015. The 56 markets (out of 210 total) cover about 70% of the US television population. College Basketball Saturday 0.91 rating CBS 12:00 pm Georgetown at St John’s 1.31 rating CBS 2:00 […]

>AMC’s Walking Dead remains the top-rated cable program with Adults 18-49 this past week, settling down from its lofty season premiere rating the week before.  Jersey Shore on MTV also drifted down (losing a tenth of a rating point to a 2.9), and Teen Mom 2 (also on MTV) tumbled half a rating point to […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC: SHARK TANK dropped 0.07 to 0.48, and 20/20 fell 0.22 to 0.27. CBS:  The primetime NCAA TOURNAMENT games were at 0.77/1.38. NBC:  THE BLACKLIST returned from a week off down 0.08 to 0.23, and DATELINE was up 0.08 to 0.35. FOX:  WWE SMACKDOWN ticked up to 0.58. CW:  CHARMED gained 0.02 […]

>In the past seven days of cable programs, HBO’s TRUE BLOOD leads the way in Adults 18-49 rating.  The next ten spots in the chart is a cavalcade of white trash characters and concepts, from PAWN STARS to WWE wrestling.  Additionally, USA’s Thursday drama duo of BURN NOTICE and SUITS easily makes our list of […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  The 8PM & 9PM shows hadn’t aired since March 23.  THE GOLDBERGS returned down 0.02 to 0.46, followed by THE WONDER YEARS up a tick to 0.34 from last week’s out-of-timeslot airing.  THE CONNERS returned down 0.05 to 0.43, followed by HOME ECONOMICS down 0.06 to 0.26.  A MILLION LITTLE THINGS […]

> DISCLAIMER: These initial impressions are based on the clips (usually 3-5 minutes) released by the networks to use in their Upfront presentations and for promos.  They’re chosen to sell the show, not to accurately represent it.  So take the reactions below with a large satchel of salt–we may well feel differently about these shows […]

  BROADCAST FINALS ABC:  Returning from a 2-week break, SHARK TANK dipped 0.02 to 0.46, and 20/20 ticked down to 0.30. CBS:  COME DANCE WITH ME dropped 0.06 to 0.19.  The season finale of MAGNUM PI was at 0.34, up 0.03 from last week, and down 0.07 from the 2021 finale.  The season finale of […]

  2 hours of THE VOICE was all network TV could muster for excitement last night. DEMOGRAPHIC DETAIL: For each broadcast program (or hour segment), the chart below displays preliminary key advertiser demographics (adult 18-34, 18-49 and 25-54 ratings), audience skews (women 18-49, men 18-49 and adults 50+ shares) and total viewership (thousands of people over […]